BigTony said:BigTony says as Ireland is still occupied because of how britain behaved in the past, its human nature that people will rebel, is it any wonder people rebelled after this happened.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0sgIbSBwA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0sgIbSBwA</a>
Anyway, i'm off.
good luck lads.
Ducado said:You can talk about the IRA without talking about the History of Ireland
You are again making moral equivalents, you are saying because of something we did in Ireland many years ago, it's perfectly acceptable to blow up innocent women and children.
I am of Jewish stock, should I go around blowing up parts of German Cities, because they murdered millions of my kin?
BigTony said:BigTony says as Ireland is still occupied because of how britain behaved in the past, its human nature that people will rebel, is it any wonder people rebelled after this happened.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0sgIbSBwA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0sgIbSBwA</a>
Anyway, i'm off.
good luck lads.
bluemanc said:Quick question,why are the people you support still killing Irish people,seriously why don't you care.Mike N said:Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?
mammutly said:It seems to me that a number of people think the suffering and horror of war is a one sided affair. Innocent men, women and children die in wars, through bombings, shootings, and in some cases bloody, targeted brutality. The troubles were no different.
If an Irish child was killed by a British bullet were they any less of a victim than a British child killed by an IRA bomb? And don't say, the RUC and the army never deliberately targeted civilians because that is a ridiculously naive position that show's complete ignorance of the reality of the conflict in Ireland.
One poster has asked for clarification of why I would say the IRA deserved respect as a fighting force. I have already posted the link to the British goverment sponsored enquiry into the military operation in Ireland which concluded that PIRA were a "resilient, effective and determined force".
More than 150 IRA volunteers were killed on active service during the troubles, many more were arrested, tortured and imprisoned - so I think portraying them as cowards is much more a value judgement than a realistic opinion.
The fact is that that the IRA operated under the most intense state security regime ever established in Europe with constant multi level surveillance, routine arrest and interrogation proceedures, and a pretty much shoot on site policy for known suspects. Despite this they continued an effective guerrilla war against majority military, security force and political targets. They also acquired weapons, orchestrated high security prison escapes and, thanks largely to the continued brutality of the RUC and the British Army, built up widespread community support.
The suggestion made by another poster that the IRA declared a ceasefire from the brink of defeat is not supported by any of the available evidence.
talkativesprout said:Satire.....
Black fella. I been thinkin
Anotha black fella. wot bout
Black fella. deez white dudes been treetin uz real bad
Anutha black fella. yea man but thingsa changin
Black fella. I dont care, 200 year ago they acted like dey own de place, im gonna blow up some families.
Wouldn't happen
In what respect ? you mean the irish freedom fighters had less restrictions ?johnmc said:talkativesprout said:Satire.....
Black fella. I been thinkin
Anotha black fella. wot bout
Black fella. deez white dudes been treetin uz real bad
Anutha black fella. yea man but thingsa changin
Black fella. I dont care, 200 year ago they acted like dey own de place, im gonna blow up some families.
Wouldn't happen
And isn't relevant